102 
ZShe  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
January  13,  1910. 
PUBLISHER’S  DESK 
For  the  benefit  of  those  whose  claims 
against  the  E.  G.  Lewis  schemes  were 
sent  to  the  St.  Louis  attorney,  we  pub¬ 
lish  the  following  report  just  received 
from  him  : 
“There  will  be  something  like  $275,- 
000  to  $300,000  for  distribution  to  the 
creditors  of  the  Lewis  estates.  Of  course 
some  of  the  creditors  will  get  some  divi¬ 
dends,  a  very  small  percentage  of  what 
they  invested,  and  others  will  get  no  divi¬ 
dend  at  all.  Many  of  the  creditors  did 
not  have  any  security  of  any  kind,  and 
in  such  cases  the  properties  were  used 
for  the  account  of  secured  claims,  and 
there  was  not  enough  property  to  pay 
but  a  fraction  of  the  secured  claims.  Of 
course  those  who  have  unsecured  claims 
will  get  nothing  except  perhaps  some  of 
the  creditors  of  the  Trust  Company  who 
will  get  a  small  dividend,  and  some  of 
the  general  creditors  of  the  Lewis  Pub¬ 
lishing  Company  who  will  get  a  small 
dividend.  However  small  the  dividends 
may  be  that  these  people  may  receive. 
I  am  satisfied  that  they  are  getting  move 
on  their  claims  than  they  would  have  got¬ 
ten  through  Mr.  Lewis,  or  by  taking  some 
of  his  new  forms  of  certificates  for  an 
assignment  of  their  claims. 
“The  distribution  of  the  moneys  real¬ 
ized  from  the  sale  of  assets  will  take 
place  within  the  next  ninety  days,  but 
the  time  of  the  distribution  depends  upon 
the  disposition  of  several  contested  mat¬ 
ters  now  before  the  Master  in  Chancery 
aud  before  the  Court. 
“There  never  was  litigation  anywhere 
that  presented  the  large  number  of  intri¬ 
cate  questions  of  accounting  as  have 
been  involved  in  these  cases,  and  it  has 
been  for  this  reason  that  the  matter  of 
final  distribution  has  been  delayed. 
Everyone  connected  with  the  cases  has 
worked  energetically  in  order  to  bring 
the  cases  to  a  final  decree  of  distribution, 
and  the  fact  that  we  have  been  so  long 
arriving  at  this  point  has  been  due  to 
the  complicated  nature  of  things,  such 
as  numerous  accountings  between  the  nu¬ 
merous  companies,  made  necessary  by  the 
numerous  inter-transactions  of  the  com¬ 
panies.” 
There  may  be  some  further  delays  but 
there  seems  to  be  some  hope  that  the  final 
accounting  will  be  made  in  the  near  fu¬ 
ture.  While,  as  the  attorney  reports, 
nothing  can  be  realized  on  the  unsecured 
claims,  any  amount  realized  on  the  other 
securities  will  be  just  that  much  gain,  for 
transfer  to  new  propositions  would  result 
in  further  complications  and  ultimate 
loss. 
The  Burlington  Free  Press  and  Times 
of  Burlington,  Vt,  reports  a  case  of  how 
farmers  in  that  vicinity  were  swindled 
out  of  a  thousand  dollars  worth  of  live¬ 
stock  and  dressed  meats  through  the  oper¬ 
ations  of  one  Barney  Goldberg,  who 
made  large  purchases  in  the  vicinity,  giv¬ 
ing  the  farmers  checks  on  the  National 
Bank  of  Burlington  which  proved  to  be 
worthless.  At  last  reports  Mr.  Goldberg 
had  made  good  his  escape,  while  the 
sheriff  of  the  county  was  still  in  search 
of  him.  This  plan  of  getting  livestock 
and  other  farm  produce  without  paying 
for  it  is  a  favorite  one  with  crooks,  and 
we  are  giving  this  brief  history  of  the 
experience  of  the  Burlington,  Vt.,  farm¬ 
ers  in  order  to  warn  those  in  other  sec¬ 
tions  should  Mr.  Goldberg  undertake  to 
duplicate  the  operation.  He  is  described 
as  a  man  of  about  SO  years  of  age, 
smooth  shaven,  nationality  Hebrew. 
Enclosed  find  a  letter  from  the  Cana¬ 
dian  Premium  Co.,  of  Montreal,  Canada, 
for  which  they  state  there  is  a  present 
awaiting  me.  The  name  of  my  mother 
was  attached  to  it  in  her  own  handwrit¬ 
ing.  Wlmt  is  this?  Some  fake  scheme? 
Pennsylvania.  J.  14- 
Yes.  this  is  a  fake  scheme  pure  and 
simple,  a?  1  one  that  has  been  shown  up 
in  Tile  R.  N.-Y.  from  time  to  time  for  a 
good  many  years  back.  For  the  benefit  of 
new  members  of  the  Rural  family,  it 
may  be  necessary  to  explain  that  J.  R.’s 
mother  undoubtedly  answered  some  fake 
advertisement,  some  time  or  other  and  it 
is  the  custom  of  such  advertisers  to  ped¬ 
dle  their  letters  around  from  one  concern 
to  another.  In  this  way  the  Canadian 
Premium  Co.  has  got  hold  of  one  of  these 
letters,  and  is  able  to  produce  the  gen¬ 
uine  signature.  The  letter  of  the  Cana¬ 
dian  Premium  Co.,  which  the  subscriber 
forwards,  states  that  this  woman  has 
been  awarded  a  “present” — a  beautiful 
four-piece  set  of  silverware,  and  asks  that 
07  cents  be  sent,  to  cover  the  cost  of  pack¬ 
ing,  shipping,  and  prepay  expressage.  If 
the  party  receiving  this  literature  sends 
the  97  cents,  as  requested,  she  would 
probably  receive  some  cheap  junk  that 
would  pass  for  silverware,  and  which 
might  be  purchased  in  any  10-rout  store 
for  less  than  one-hulf  the  07  cents. 
Can  you  collect  an  account  against 
John  Vanorman,  Newark,  N.  1\?  I  sold 
him  a  boar  for  $20.  He  has  the  boar  and 
the  money  yet.  Have  written  him  several 
times  but  no  use.  Go  for  him  sharp. 
New  York.  p.  av.  t. 
Mr.  Vanorman  makes  promises  to  pay, 
hut.  keeps  none  of  them.  One  party  re¬ 
ports  be  would  not  wish  to  take  an  ac¬ 
count  for  half  the  amount  due.  To  some 
half-dozen  letters  avo  received  no  response 
whatever — but  if  Mr,  Vanorman  wants 
any  more  stock  he  will  have  to  look  out¬ 
side  of  our  readers  for  it. 
Please  let  me  knoAv  if  the  King  Manu¬ 
facturing  Company.  1431  Broadway.  New 
York,  is  a  reliable  firm.  n.  o’c. 
Virginia. 
This  Avas  one  of  the  work-at-home 
schemes.  The  company  furnished  mate¬ 
rial  for  their  specialties  and  these  are 
made  and  sold  by  women  agents.  It  was 
necessary  to  send  an  advance  remittance 
for  the  material  and  sample,  and  while 
the  intimation  avus  that  you  did  not  have 
to  canvass  to  sell  the  goods  you  make, 
still  the  claim  Avas  you  could  make  $1  to 
$2  a  day  by  disposing  of  them.  E\  i- 
dently  country  people  are  becoming  wary 
about  taking  up  these  schemes,  for  our 
latest,  reports  show  that  the  company  has 
d  i, scon  tin  u  ed  bu  si  n ess. 
I  sold  some  liens  to  Thomas  C.  John¬ 
son,  34  Wihnont  Street,  Watertown.  N. 
Y.  He  has  since  moved  to  Forest  Hills, 
Mass.  He  paid  for  part  of  the  liens,  but 
still  owes  $0.75,  and  $1  for  a  lieu  crate 
that  1  loaned  him.  He  agreed' to  send  it 
back  or  pay  for  it,  but  I  have  not  seen 
the  crate  nor  the  money.  Can  you  help 
me  in  finding  out  about  him?  AV.  j.  T. 
Massachusetts. 
Mr.  Johnson  has  agaiu  moved  and  left 
no  address.  Farmers  would  stive  consid¬ 
erable  money  if  they  would  look  up  rat¬ 
ings  before  dealing  with  unknown  par¬ 
ties.  Every  week  we  are  asked  to  ad¬ 
just  a  difficulty  of  the  kind.  These  are 
the  class  of  men  that  have  been  referred 
to  as  “lightweights.”  We  called  them 
“fly-by-night”  dealers.  Our  object  in  re¬ 
ferring  to  them  is  to  emphasize  the  ne¬ 
cessity  of  looking  up  the  standing  of  com¬ 
mission  houses.  We  are  at  your  service. 
Enclosed  find  check  to  balance  one 
year's  subscription.  I  bad  intended  to 
stop  my  copy,  but  because  of  your  ser¬ 
vice  to  subscribers  in  relation  to  adver¬ 
tisers,  will  continue.  I  am  enclosing  an 
ad.  from  the  Double  Tread  Tire  Co.  of  1  O' > 
West  52 d  St.,  New  York.  Will  you  look 
them  up  and  see  if  they  are  reliable  and 
let  me  know  your  opinion  a  sfo  the  ad¬ 
visability  of  buying  a  tire  of  them?  The 
ad.  was  in  “Successful  Farming,”  but  I 
have  more  confidence  in  you.  P.  J, 
Michigan. 
We  regard  this  advertisement  as  mis¬ 
leading  and  untrue.  The  advertisement 
conveys  the  impression  that  this  Double 
Tread  Tiro  Company  purchases  uoav  tires 
from  the  factory  with  irregularities, 
bruises  and  scratches,  and  combines  these 
tires  Avitli  the  perfect  bead  of  another  tire. 
Several  of  our  subscribers  Avho  sent  or¬ 
ders  to  this  firm,  reported  receiving  two 
badly-worn  tires  put  together,  both  being 
so  badly  worn  as  to  give  only  a  small  per¬ 
centage  of  the  mileage  guaranteed.  One 
of  the  subscribers  shipped  the  old  tires 
to  this  office  in  order  to  verify  his  state¬ 
ments. 
I  have  noticed  your  exposure  of  cer¬ 
tain  fraudulent  companies  throughout  the 
country.  I  ain  interested  in  minerals, 
and  the  Jewell  Novelty  Co.  of  Kalama¬ 
zoo,  Mich.,  have  been  writing  to  me  try¬ 
ing  to  sell  me  two  books  on  underground 
minerals,  and  offering  to  send  me  a  treas¬ 
ure  rod  if  I  buy  the  books  worth  $500 
and  trust  me  with  the  same.  I  think 
this  is  too  good  an  offer,  and  I  Avould  like 
to  know  what  you  know  about  these  peo¬ 
ple,  and  what  you  think  about  such  rods. 
Do  underground  treasure  rods,  etc.,  have 
any  virtue?  Have  these  people  a  thing 
of  value,  or  are  they  trying  to  get  my 
money  for  nothing?  A.  B.  F.  M. 
Virginia. 
We  liaA’e  never  believed  these  “treas¬ 
ure  rods”  had  any  value,  and  our  reply  to 
this  correspondent  was  to  that  effect. 
Recent  developments  show  that  our  ad¬ 
vice  was  justified,  as  a  fraud  order  has 
been  issued  against  this  concern  by  the 
Post  Office  Department.  Their  “divining 
rod”  was  found  to  have  absolutely  no 
power.  We  have  never  heard  of  one  that 
did.  We  are  told  the  Egyptian  magicians 
threw  their  rods  upon  the  ground  before 
Pharaoh  in  an  attempt  to  imitate  Moses, 
but  all  their  powers  of  divination  failed, 
and  their  rods  were  but  so  much  wood. 
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